PayrollOrg

MAY 7, 2024

The Board of Trustees of the Social Security Trust Fund projects the social security wage base will be $174,900 for 2025.

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InterWest Insurance Services

MAY 7, 2024

As more and more people are returning to work in offices after working remotely for a few years since the COVID-19 pandemic arrived, bullying and other workplace misconduct is increasing, according to a new study. The study by Fama Technologies, a maker of applicant screening software, found increases in misconduct growing across industry sectors, putting employee morale, retention and productivity at risk for affected companies.

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Pacific Prime

MAY 7, 2024

Today, mental fitness in the workplace is just as important as physical fitness, and employers across all industries are encouraged to give mental fitness as much thought when designing an employee benefits plan for their employees. In the past, many organizations believed that employee benefits plans should focus on an employee’s physical health and fitness.

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InterWest Insurance Services

MAY 7, 2024

The organization that helps set workers’ compensation rates in California will recommend that benchmark rates increase 0.9%, with effect from Sept. 1, 2024. While the recommendation is less than 1%, the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau noted that it was driven by increasing medical costs for injured workers and higher claims-adjusting costs for insurers.

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Picture a workplace where physiological safety is not just an aim but a reality, driven by thoughtful employee benefits that prioritize mental health, wellbeing, and DEI. 🤔 ✨ Achieving this vision requires more than just occasional training sessions and employee assistance programs. Moving beyond the basics, this vision calls for a holistic approach that integrates these elements into your company culture as well as your HR and benefits strategy.

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Employee Benefit News

MAY 7, 2024

In addition to offering a better view of employees' health, valuable feedback can be gathered to measure the success of a company's mental health initiatives.

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McDermott Will & Emery Employee Benefits

MAY 7, 2024

On April 1, 2024, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the Announcement of Calendar Year (CY) 2025 Medicare Advantage (MA) Capitation Rates and Part C and Part D Payment Policies, otherwise known as the rate announcement. The rate announcement is released annually and includes updates to the methodologies used to calculate MA plan payments, […] The post 340B Remedy Rule and Medicare Advantage Rates: Navigating Shifting Payments appeared first on EMPLOYEE BENEFITS

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HR Lineup

MAY 7, 2024

In the realm of business, success hinges not only on strategy and innovation but also on the people who drive these initiatives forward. Recognizing this, organizations increasingly focus on talent optimization—a holistic approach to maximizing the effectiveness of their workforce. Talent optimization goes beyond traditional human resources practices by integrating data-driven insights, behavioral science, and strategic planning to align talent strategy with business objectives.

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Employee Benefit News

MAY 7, 2024

Combining work and play can be great, but what happens if something goes wrong far from home?

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HR Lineup

MAY 7, 2024

In the contemporary landscape of work environments, the traditional cubicle-laden office is becoming increasingly obsolete. In its place, concepts like Agile Working and Activity-Based Working (ABW) have gained prominence, promising greater flexibility, collaboration, and efficiency. While both approaches seek to optimize workspaces for the modern workforce, they operate on different principles and cater to distinct organizational needs.

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There’s a new overtime salary threshold that will impact employers across the country. If you have an employee making less than $43,888 on July 1 or less than $58,656 on January 1, you’re going to have to start paying overtime. Download Paycor’s guide to learn: Which groups of employees are affected? How should you classify employees? Best ways to mitigate risk.

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Workplace Insight

MAY 7, 2024

Any survey that sets out to establish what people believe cuts their productivity and annoys them most about their workplace invariably throws up the same result; the noise and distractions generated by other people. So it will come as no surprise to learn that the same surveys usually find that employees believe that peace and quiet and freedom from distractions is the most important factor when it comes to getting some decent work done.

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Employee Benefit News

MAY 7, 2024

ADP's chief talent officer breaks down what every HR team should be focused on regardless of industry.

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Employee Benefits

MAY 7, 2024

Almost three-fifths (59%) of UK employees have not taken time off work due to illness or injury despite needing to, according to research by protection and employee benefits provider Metlife UK. Its survey of 2,009 employees found that when asked why they did not call in sick when they needed to, 36% of respondents did not think there was anyone to cover them, 28% did not want to miss work and 16% had a deadline to meet.

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Employee Benefit News

MAY 7, 2024

Just 27% feel confident they can afford retirement, despite hoping for a long and fulfilling life.

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Employee Benefits

MAY 7, 2024

Media and telecommunications organisation Virgin Media O2 has launched a 12-month volunteering programme to help tackle chronic loneliness experienced by disabled people. Through a partnership with disability charity Sense, Virgin Media O2’s 15,000 employees have been invited to take part in a virtual buddying service to support those who are at risk of isolation and loneliness.

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Workplace Insight

MAY 7, 2024

Scale AI has selected London as the location for its first European headquarters, reinforcing the company’s mission to accelerate the development of AI globally. Scale’s United Kingdom (UK) office will serve as the centre of its operations in Europe. The firm is an artificial intelligence company headquartered in San Francisco in the US State of California.

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APA Congress Today

MAY 7, 2024

Brent Gow, CPP, who has faithfully served PayrollOrg for nearly 40 years in various volunteer roles, was honored with the Board of Directors Award today during the 42nd Annual Payroll Congress Opening General Session.

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BerniePortal

MAY 7, 2024

Summer officially starts on June 20th this year, but any HR pro knows that summer really starts in May when school’s out and working parents get a lot busier. That means summer is upon us!

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APA Congress Today

MAY 7, 2024

Rebecca Harshberger, CPP, and Frank Mares, CPP, are the epitome of unwavering dedication to payroll and throughout their careers have inspired their fellow payroll professionals to succeed.

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Business Management Daily

MAY 7, 2024

Manager Jim sits with his direct report, Emily, in the human resources office for a meeting resulting from his submitting a written warning about her excessive mobile phone usage in the work environment. Jim details how such employee behavior affects productivity and looks terrible in front of customers. He states how he talked to her about the problem previously but that she ignored their talk.

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APA Congress Today

MAY 7, 2024

Innovations like generative artificial intelligence (AI), the cloud, biometrics, and remote talent have all become a significant part of the global business landscape in recent years. These and other technologies have not only helped streamline business and payroll processes, but also catapulted payroll professionals to the frontlines of strategic leadership.

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Employee Benefit News

MAY 7, 2024

A new study revealed how increased levels of stress and burnout among tech workers are leaving entire organizations vulnerable.

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APA Congress Today

MAY 7, 2024

This is sponsored content. Many small and midsized businesses are just beginning to learn about HR outsourcing. This type of managed service model is becoming increasingly popular and valuable to organizations in today’s shifting world of work. Let’s take a moment to understand how outsourcing services can work in the HR space and what it can do for an organization.

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Employee Benefit News

MAY 7, 2024

New York City and San Francisco still have fewer workers now than they did before the pandemic.

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APA Congress Today

MAY 7, 2024

PayrollOrg’s 42nd Annual Payroll Congress officially kicked off today at the Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center in Nashville. This isn’t PayrollOrg’s first rodeo in Music City, but there’s still a lot you need to know for this week.

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Employee Benefits

MAY 7, 2024

Law firm Sackers has introduced an enhanced carer’s leave policy and has become a member of the Group for Autism, Insurance, Investment and Neurodiversity (Gain). The firm’s policy, which is a day one employment right, will see employees able to take paid time off for up to one week in a 12-month rolling period. It also incorporates its Time off to Care for Dependants policy into a single initiative to provide enhanced pay for those who need to take time off to deal with any unplanned leave, suc

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